A celebratory Sunday afternoon cookout turned tense for the Space Coast Vipers High School football team in Cocoa, Florida. Gathered around a television set at junior linebacker Jacob Starkey's house, 130 miles from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Raymond James Stadium, they watched as quarterback Baker Mayfield came close to engineering a fourth-quarter comeback against the San Francisco 49ers.
"You can hear 'em all now. They always talk about what Baker does on Sundays," said coach Jake Owens, who called Mayfield a "rallying tool" for their program. "When we've had all the success that we've had this year -- for many different reasons -- we never try to forget what people have done to help with this.